Rev. Matt Alspaugh, PresenterCarol Johnson, Service Associate When Unitarian minister Rev. Norbert Capek created the flower service that we continue today, he asked people to bring flowers of their own choosing from their own gardens or from a field or roadside. The diversity of the flowers was important, for it symbolized our diversity, and how … Continue reading “Such Diversity of Color and Form” – The Flower Service”

Presenter: Rev. Matt Alspaugh, Service Associate: Rev. D’Vorah Kelley. On its surface, flower communion seems like a sweet ritual celebrating beauty and summer. People bring flowers to the service, bring them forward in the ritual and then leave with another flower. But as a result of the story of its founding, the ritual has deep … Continue reading “Flower Communion: The Hidden Message”

Marsha Buly, Service Assoicate; Adele St. Pierre, Reader The Flower Communion is an annual springtime celebration in most Unitarian Universalist congregations, celebrating the beauty of diversity. Traditionally each person brings a flower, preferably found in their own garden or by the roadside, and each person leaves with a different flower. We’ll redesign that ritual for … Continue reading Flower Communion